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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.

Bertolt Brecht

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Feelings

Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.

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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Confusion
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.

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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Something
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.

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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Crush
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.

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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Scar
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Finest Spoil
Why be a man when you can be a success?

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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Good Luck
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?

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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.

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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!

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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Needs
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Long
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.

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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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Sitting
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Squirrels
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long Silly
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.

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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.

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